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Horse Jumper of Love
Horse Jumper of Love
country: USA
genre: Rock
styles: Slowcore, Slacker Rock, Indie Rock
Word
Single
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Ahead of the release of their anticipated new album, Disaster Trick, out this Friday August 16th on Run For Cover Records, Horse Jumper of Love release its final single “Word.” The song comes with a striking video directed by Ben Turok.
Frontman Dimitri Giannopoulos spoke on the track saying, "This song is about the distortion of reality, specifically how your sense of time and reality becomes distorted through someone else's sense of it… You try to fit into someone else's idea of their future, because of love or indecision or insecurity. Maybe that someone is more confident than you and has power over you? An issue I’ve struggled with is feeling unworthy of creating my own future, so I’ve relied on other people for guidance, whether it was family, friends, or lovers. This theme is boiled down in this song as a fight between two romantically involved people and how love and the anxiety associated with it is so powerful it can make you feel separate from the rest of the world. This distortion reveals itself in the lyric “Milking of the ax handle“ a literal image of distorted reality. I got the idea from the movie “Häxan” when they show a drawing of a witch milking an ax instead of a cow."
Disaster Trick finds the trio cranking up the volume while keeping the no-frills intimacy they’re known for. Frontman Dimitri Giannopoulos’ evocative lyrics and arrangements suddenly turn from delicate to blistering, their music is full of intensity, contrasting between quiet and loud, heavy and gentle, and animated by stark emotion and straightforward, timeless songwriting, as evidenced by the album’s previously released singles “Wink,” “Snow Angel,” “Today’s Iconoclast,” and “Gates Of Heaven.”
Disaster Trick feels like a creative reset for the band, partly due to Giannopoulos’ recent sobriety. “This was the first album I've ever done where I went into it with a very clear mind,” he says. “In the past, we would just show up at a studio, drink, and record. Here, everything felt purposeful.” With this newfound energy, the band entered Asheville, North Carolina’s Drop of Sun Studios with producer Alex Farrar (Wednesday, Indigo De Souza). The recordings soar with searing guitars and an unshakeable rhythm section, comprised of bassist John Margaris and drummer James Doran. Additionally, the album features contributions from Wednesday’s Karly Hartzman, MJ Lenderman and Ella Williams of Squirrel Flower.
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